Starter Trey Cumbie worked around several early jams and induced huge strikeouts to keep UTRGV off the board early despite it recording two leadoff doubles and a leadoff single to open the first three innings. The southpaw went on to toss 4.0 innings, surrendering just one run on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts before handing the ball over to freshman Carter Henry.

Henry showed well in his third relief appearance of the year and he went a career-long 3.0 shutout innings out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit and two walks with three strikeouts to pick up his first career win as a Cougar.

KEY INNINGS
2nd | Houston jumped on UTRGV with a run in the bottom of the second when Etzel plated Triolo with an RBI-single.

3rd | The Cougars extended their lead with a season-high nine runs in the third inning, going ahead 10-1.

The inning opened with a leadoff walk from Wong before Padgett tripled into the right field corner to make it a 2-0 game. Hits continued as Davis singled, Scheiner doubled and Lockhart singled and plated a run for a 3-0 advantage. Triolo then followed up with an RBI-double and Bielamowicz with a two-run double for a 6-0 lead -- all with no outs.

Following a groundout and strikeout, Wong and Padgett went back-to-back in the order with home runs to plate nine runs on eight hits.

Note: the last time Cougars went back-to-back with home runs was May 1, 2010 when Chris Wallace and Matt Murphy accomplished that feat vs. UAB.

6th | After UTRGV scored one run in the fifth, Houston responded with a two-out solo home run off the bat of Triolo for the 10-1 advantage.

UTRGV went on to add a late run in the eighth.

UTRGV NOTES
UTRGV fell to 8-1 on the year with the loss and starter Connor Grant (2.0,6,6,6,1,2) suffered his first loss of the year after surrendering his first run of the season and six total in the game. The Vaqueros tallied 11 hits, led by Jose Garcia with three.

SINGLE GAME TICKETS
Single game tickets are on sale at uhcougars.com/tickets. Fans can enjoy a few single game tickets options for the 29 homes games at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park during the 2017 season.

SATURDAY MINI-PLAN & SUNDAY FAMILY PACK
An attractive Saturday Mini Plan and Sunday Family Pack are also available, allowing fans to purchase one mini plan for $25, securing a ticket to every Saturday home game or a Family Pack for Four for just $30 to any Sunday game at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park in 2017.

For just $25, the Saturday Mini Plan guarantees you a seat during all seven Saturday home games, which comes out to a ticket price of $3.57 each. You have the choice between Reserved or General Admission seating for the same price.

The Family Pack features four general admission tickets, four hot dogs, four sodas and four popcorns to any Sunday home game for $30.

In order to purchase this deal, the purchaser must CLICK HERE use the promo code: FAMILYPACK.

SEASON TICKET INFORMATION | CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE
Houston Baseball 2017 season tickets are still on sale as low as $99, and fans are encouraged to secure their ticket to all 29 home games at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park this upcoming season by purchasing today.

Season tickets for 29 regular-season home games at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park are available for $200 for the reserved chairback seating on the lower level of the concourse at the stadium.

For the third straight year, the additional "Reserved 2" seating option for the 2017 season is available as fans can purchase an assigned seat in sections 200, 201 and 202 for $150.

General admission seating will run in sections 203-209 and are available for $99 for the entire season.

The 2017 `30 Ticket Flex Plan' provides 30 general admission tickets that you can use in a variety of ways. You can use all 30 tickets for one game, a ticket for each home game of the season or any combination in-between.

General Admission season tickets start for as low as $99 (30 home games/$3.30 per ticket), while Reserved season tickets start at only $150 (30 home games/$5.00 per ticket).